Automatic fluopneumatic ejector.



No. 669,572. Patented Mar. I2, I90].

- H. S. BLACKMURE.

AUTOMATIC FLUOPNEUMATIC EJECTOR.

(Application filed Jan; 27, I898. Renewed July 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

HENRY S. BLAOKMORE, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,572, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed January 2'7, 1898. Renewed July 27, 1900- Serial No. 25.023. (No model.)

To all, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,HENRY S. BLAOKMORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Fluopneumatic Ejectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to disinfecting apparatus, and particularly to apparatus for dis infecting or odorizing rooms or apartments by means of the flow orflush of the fluid employed in an automatic manner, so that the volatile disinfectants or fragrant odors from essential oils or other compounds may be made to pervade the room without the employment oi the expensive and complicated apparatus heretofore employed for this purpose, which was constantly in need of repair; and one of the objects of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this general character which will be simple and cheap in construction and at the same time positive and effective in operation and which can be readily attached to the flush or discharge pipe of an overhead tank and when in position thereon will act automatically when the water is discharged from the tank and at the same time will present a neat appearance and will not interfere with the use of the apparatus to which it is connected.

A further object is to provide such an apparatus which is so constructed that the contents can be renewed when necessary without removing the apparatus from its position.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists, substantially, of a receptacle for a volatile disinfectant or odorizing material and means connected with the receptacle for introducing a current of air or gaseous body through the disinfectant or odorizing material, whereby the air or gaseous body becomes contaminated with a portion of the, volatile or volatilized compound, and means for introducing such contaminated air or gaseous body into a fluid, such as water, whereby it is conveyed to a receptacle, and a portion or all of such gaseous body is allowed to escape into the atmosphere, there- 1 by disinfecting or odorizing the same, essentially as hereinafter more fully described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved apparatus, showing the same in position. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified form of construction. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the connection.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to the construction shown in Fig. 1, the reference numeral 1 designates a receptacle which may be of any preferred form or shape and can be constructed of any suitable material, and the receptacle 1 is designed to receive a liquidsuch as carbolic acid, oil of tar, nitrobenzol, oil of thyme, lavender, or other essential oilsthe odor of which is desired, as shown at 2, Fig. l, of the drawings, or volatile or volatilizable solids-such as camphor, naphthalene,'&c.may also be employed.

The receptacle 1 is preferably provided with a convex bottom 4, slightly flattened, so that the receptacle will maintain avertical position when placed upon a flatsurface, and the top or cover 5 can be secured in position in any desired manner,and suitably secured in an opening 6 in the top or cover 5 is an interiorly-screwthreaded bushing 7, having an annular or many-sided flange 8, adapted to rest upon said top or cover, and connected with said bushing is an eXte'riorly-screw-threaded tubular sleeve 9, provided with an annular or many-sided flange or rib l0, and, if desired, a packing-ring may, be secured upon said sleeve between the flange or rib 10 thereof and the flange 8 of the bushing to make a tight joint.

An inlet-tube 11 is secured in the sleeve 9, either rigidly or ad justably, as desired, which preferably extends approximately to the bottom of the receptacle, as shown, and air or gaseous body enters the free end of this tube, as indicated by the arrow A, and percolates through the liquid 2 in the receptacle 1, as shown by the bubbles in Fig. 1, thereby absorbing and conveying a portion of the Volatile or volatilized constituents of the comshown at 3, Fig. 2, and the air or gaseous body' enters the free end of the inlet 12, as shown "by the arrow B, Fig. 2, and passes upward between and around the broken particles of the solid employed, thereby taking up the odor or properties of such solid.

The top or cap 5 is provided, preferably, with another opening 13, in which is secured a bushing 14:, having an annular or manysided rim or flange 15, and secured in said bushing is an exteriorly-screw-threaded tubular sleeve 16, having an annular or manysided flange 17, and, if preferred, a packingring may be secured between the rim 15 and said flange 17. Secured in said sleeve in any desired manner is one end of a connectingpipe 18, preferably bent so that the ends will be in different planes, and formed on or connected with said pipe is a collar or annular rib 19, upon which a coupling-nut 20 of any desired construction is secured, and the free end of said nut is interiorly screw-threaded.

The extremity of the connecting-pipe 18 is preferably cut away on the under side to form an overhanging lip 21 to prevent the liquid passing down the flush-pipe 22 from entering the pipe 18 and at the same time to siphon the pipe 18 and cause the contents thereof to flow therefrom.

I have illustrated a portion of a flush-pipe 22, adapted to discharge water or other fluid from an overhead tank into the bowl or hopper of an ordinary closet, with which is connected an eXteriorly-screw-threaded tubular sleeve 23, having an intermediate rib 24, and after this sleeve has been connected with a flush-pipe, as shown, the connecting-pipe 18 is passed therethrough and the coupling-nut 20 is screwed upon the free end of said sleeve and the connection is complete.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a slight modification of the construction heretofore described, wherein the extremity of the pipe 25 enters the flush-pipe 26 at an obtuse angle, and the upper side of said pipe 25 acts as an overshoot to turn the water and dispenses with the lip 21, before described; but in all other respects the construction is similar.

The operation of my improved apparatus will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following explanation thereof.

The air or gaseous body enters the inletpipe and percolates through or passes around the material in the receptacle, and the contaminated air or gaseous body is drawn or sucked out of the receptacle through the connecting-pipe by the discharge of water passing down the flush-pipe from the tank above, and such contaminated air or gaseous body is thus carried to the bowl or hopper of the closet and there liberated to commingle with the circumjacent atmosphere and disinfect or odorize the same.

I do not desire to confine myself to the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, andI therefore reserve the right to make all such changes in and modification of the same as fairly come within the scope of my invention.

The process involved in the operation of this device forms the subject of my application filed March 5, 1898, Serial No. 672,713,

Having accurately described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a flushing-pipe of a reservoir for a disinfecting liquid having an outlet pipe or duct leading from its upper portion into said flushing-pipe, and an air-inlet pipe or duct terminating below the end of said outlet-pipe.

2. The combination with a flushing-pipe terminating in an open receptacle, of a reservoir for a disinfecting liquid having an outlet pipe or duct leading from its upper portion into said flushing-pipe and an airinlet pipe or duct terminating below the end of said outlet-pipe.

3. The combination with a flushing-pipe of a reservoir for a disinfecting liquid having an outlet pipe or duct leading from its upper portion into said flushing-pipe and extending a short distance thereinto, and an air-inlet pipe or duct terminating below the end of said outlet-pipe.

4.. The combination with a flushing-pipe of a reservoir for a disinfecting liquid having an outlet pipe or duct leading from its upper portion into said flushing-pipe, and provided with a downwardly-directed outlet-opening and an air-inlet pipe or duct terminating below the end of said outlet-pipe.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY S. BLACKMORE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. ROGERS, M. L. SHAY. 

